M&M cookies

These cookies would brighten any holiday gathering (from brightideas.com) and little hands can help decorate them. Here's what you'll need and how to make them:
4 cups M&M'S
1 18 oz. roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
2/3 cup flour
1 16 oz. can vanilla frosting
1 14 oz. package red licorice laces
Resealable plastic bags
Drinking straw
Christmas light shaped cookie cutter
Steps:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Knead the flour into the cookie dough until smooth.
Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness. By hand, or using a Christmas light cookie cutter, cut out shapes.
With a spatula, gently transfer the cookies to a baking sheet. Using a drinking straw, press a hole at the top of each cookie and place them in the frig for 5-10 minutes. (Chilled cookie dough keeps ... [Read More]